Indie country artists make the best of an uncertain coronavirus shutdown
NASHVILLE — When the COVID-19 coronavirus forced the shutdown of the concert industry, independent Nashville artistNot only did she lose the steady, six-nights-a-week bookings in the Music City club scene that kept her afloat, she also faced the stark reality that one of her roommates, a nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center, might well bring the bug home from work.
That uncertainty exists for every American as an invisible enemy expands its territory. It's particularly acute in the music business, where freelancers are a large percentage of the work force. For arena headliners, even those who write their own songs, the cancellations are a problem. But for indie acts whose business model is almost exclusively built upon concert income, the unpredictability of the virus-related shutdown is brutal.
And in the most public retooling of their schedules, many are releasing new music and performing online. King launched a Friday-night Facebook Live series, Tunes From the Tub, on March 23, streaming from the best-lit room in his Columbia, Tenn., home.
Artists can keep creating new sounds, too. Woodward is talking about recording material in her downtime, King is pulling out unfinished songs for completion, and Hackett has fielded requests for cowriting sessions via Skype and FaceTime. She's also intent on writing songs on her own, the way that many country songwriters did back in the day.
"We have things to write about," says Woodward."We can use this time to our advantage, and I think it's really going to be a time for people, especially creatives, to reflect and sit back and be introspective and kind of learn about their creative process. If there's a blessing in disguise in this, maybe it's that."
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